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Kevin Ellis, Chairman and Senior Partner, reflects on the opportunities and challenges we faced over the past year
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Kevin Ellis

Watch our Chairman and Senior Partner, Kevin Ellis, discuss the past year at PwC UK. From our performance to our purpose, Kevin reflects on the opportunities and challenges we faced as well as his vision for the future of our firm.

Working together with a common purpose

Welcome to our 2018 annual report. This year we’re focussing on how our people work together across the business, with clients and key stakeholders, to lead the way in changing times. We’re sharing our journey through videos and infographics, case studies and data explorers. You can also read about
our strategy here.

Watch our Chairman and Senior Partner, Kevin Ellis, discuss the past year at PwC UK. From our performance to our purpose, Kevin reflects on the opportunities and challenges we faced as well as his vision for the future of our firm.

We have 22,305 employees in the UK, Channel Islands and Middle East and 915 UK partners

46% of our new hires were women and 29% were black and minority ethnic (BAME).

104,073 people applied for a job with us this year. Our new joiners included 1,297 graduates and school leavers and 2,144 experienced professionals

We work with over

25,300

clients, helping them to create the value that they’re looking for.

66,402: Number of hours volunteered by our people during the working day

Supporting our communities

We know that many of our people want to ‘give something back’ to society, while developing their skills, so we continue to offer a significant amount of time – up to six days per year - for any of our staff or partners to volunteer with our strategic community partners. We aim to collectively volunteer at least 50,000 hours each year, and this year has seen a total of 66,402 hours reaching a staggering 23,500 beneficiaries.

We have a broad and well-diversified business with clients spanning a range of industries and sectors. Our core lines of service are Assurance, Consulting, Deals and Tax. We tailor our services to specific client needs and we offer an integrated approach.

Market segment

A major strength of our business is our balanced portfolio. In FY18, 29% of our revenue came from inbound clients headquartered overseas, while 22% of from work with private businesses.

Industry segment

Despite economic uncertainty, our industry groups performed strongly this year across the board.

Service analysis

We’ve seen continued demand for services from our non-audit clients and Mandatory Firm Rotation has brought significant opportunities and allowed us to develop new relationships.